For new and advanced painters, this class is broken down into accurately sketching the image on canvas, beginning with several acrylic washes, followed by painting the darkest values, then the lightest values and finally the mid tones of the painting.

There are two books of possible reference images from which to choose or students may bring in their own well-composed, dramatic value changes reference in the suggested canvas sizes, which are 8" x 10", 11" x 14" and 12" x 12".

​Floating frames available for additional cost.

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Meet your instructor

Beau WildA native Floridian, Beau Wild was educated in occupational therapy at Tufts University and in painting at the School of The Museum of Fine Arts, both in Boston. Dual roles as therapist and painter spanned decades and each enhanced the success of the other. She returned to her childhood hometown of Daytona Beach in 1983 after 22 years in New England. Since then, Wild has shown her work in nationwide art festivals, competitions and museums including the Museum of Florida Art, Florida Museum for Women Artists, Melbourne's Foosaner Art Museum, Ormond Memorial Art Museum, Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art, St. Petersburg College, Coral Springs Museum of Art and Tampa's Museum of Science and Industry as well as in an international exhibition in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK. Wild has won a variety of awards, including “Best In Show” in competitive exhibits and has participated in both solo and group exhibitions regionally and nationally.Today, Wild paints daily in her studio/gallery along Rose Bay in Port Orange, Florida.

Artist StatementAs early as I can remember I was an observer. Several questions intrigued me then and continue to intrigue me now – Why people do what they do? What motivates their actions and reactions? What make us all “tick”? Whether it is an elderly woman's feeling of isolation, the outsider's anxiety when courting a new friend, the conflicting joy and sadness of the surrogate mother, the unforgotten lives of those who have passed, these deeply empathic connections are sensitive glimpses. While I assume the objective position of the observer, these glimpses open a small window through which I also look inside my own emotional life.

Mission

The Artists' Workshop of New Smyrna Beach strives to enrich the community by offering a supportive, vibrant environment which promotes opportunities to learn, create, exhibit and appreciate the arts.